GARDAI SET FOR ARRESTS OVER CAMERON MURDER
Suspects on verge of being lifted after tragic teen’s funeral
GARDAI are on the verge of making arrests over the horrific murder of Cameron Reilly.
Hundreds of mourners will gather for the funeral of the 18-year-old student in Dunleer, Co Louth, this morning.
And as his parents and friends struggle to cope with his brutal death, it emerged a young woman key to the investigation attended a candlelit vigil in his memory last week.
It is understood she and her boyfriend, along with a second young woman, were at the scene at Shamrock Hill in Dunleer when the Dundalk IT student was beaten and strangled in a field.
His body was found at 8am on May 26. A source said: “It is not yet known yet if this woman had any involvement in the murder, but gardai have placed her at the scene.
“It looks at the moment that if and when this gets to court, it won’t end up as a murder case but manslaughter.
“There doesn’t seem to have been Field is scoured for clues any planning or premeditation involved, it was a clash or an exchange of words which got completely out of control.”
Officers are expected arrests in the coming days.
The source added: “This will probably take place after the funeral, as normally happens.
“It’s a way of letting the dust settle after a tragedy like this.
“There was amazement that this young woman went to the candlelit vigil for Cameron last week, even though it was widely known she was in thatfield at the time and knows what happened.”
Gardai also found Cameron’s passport during extensive searches and are confident of locating his mobile, an to make Apple iphone8, taken after his death. Fire crews were drafted in to drain millions of gallons of water from a reservoir late last week in a bid to find the handset.
Several appeals have been made by gardai and community leaders for young people to come forward with information about the murder, amid claims some have been warned not to talk.
Cameron’s funeral
11am this morning
Church in Dunleer.
The chief mourners will be his parents Tracy and Patrick, grandparents Rita and Joe Glass, aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbours and friends.
He will be laid to rest cemetery. takes in St place at Brigid’s at Mullary